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Tenure reform and presidential power: The single, six-year term proposal" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
During the twentieth century, a series of rapid changes transformed the office of the presidency, affecting not only its raw power and influence upon other political institutions but also, crucially for an office defined as much by image as by ...
Palmer, NA
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Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

Election Administration and Democratization Process in Nigeria: An Appraisal of 2007-2015

open access: yesActa Universitatis Danubius: Administratio, 2016
The study analyzed the impact of election administration and Nigeria’s democratization process using 2007-2015 general elections as the focal point.
Lawrence Ime Edet
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Ramshackle Federalism: America’s Archaic and Dysfunctional Presidential Election System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Accordingly, this Article proposes five sensible and achievable reforms to modernize the presidential election system. Each requires Congress and the federal government to play a much more proactive role in the presidential election system.
Gaughan, Anthony J.
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Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 301-328, March 2025.
Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
wiley   +1 more source

Intermediate Conditions of Democratic Accountability: A Response to Electoral Skepticism

open access: yesPolitics and Governance, 2015
Attempts to respond to “democratic deficits” in modern constitutional republics must contend with the broad scholarly trend of electoral skepticism.
J. S. Maloy
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From private organizations to democratic infrastructure: Political parties and the state in Estonia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Estonia, one of the first former Soviet republics to regain independence, had to start the processes of party and state development from scratch, beginning with the development of a legal framework for political parties, establishing a regime of public ...
Sikk, A
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Tax Administration: Evidence from Spain [PDF]

open access: yes
Does there exist a connection between the political power and the tax administration? In this paper, we offer empirical evidence from Spain that there exists.
Alejandro Esteller-More
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